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Nursing homes face ongoing staff shortages – a problem that predates the pandemic

By The Maine Monitor on Jul 25, 2021 09:52 am
Nursing homes that use these agency workers argue that they don’t get enough qualified applicants to fill permanent positions, which historically have been undervalued, underpaid and largely female.
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Vaccinated people can get ‘breakthrough’ infections: How worried should we be?

By Tribune Content Agency on Jul 25, 2021 09:23 am
There is overwhelming evidence that the COVID-19 vaccinations in use in the United States continue to provide a high degree of protection against severe illness, hospitalization and death.
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Airline passengers behaving badly rarely face US prosecution 

By Bloomberg on Jul 25, 2021 09:01 am
More than 3,500 reports of unruly passengers on flights have been logged this year by the Federal Aviation Administration, far exceeding anything the agency has seen in the past.
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Where vaccination rates are low, experts look to at-home tests to help prevent COVID spread 

By Tribune Content Agency on Jul 25, 2021 08:35 am
Experts are especially concerned about unvaccinated individuals who have the disease but are not showing symptoms of the illness and unknowingly spread it to others.
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With COVID-19 raging, people explain what took so long to get vaccinated 

By Tribune Content Agency on Jul 25, 2021 08:15 am
“Clearly things aren’t getting better. Clearly it’s something that everyone has to do.”
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Katahdin Woods and Waters gets some more campsites 

By The Associated Press on Jul 25, 2021 08:05 am
It is free to enter the monument and stay at the wilderness sites, which are equipped with fire pits, a picnic table, tent platforms and bear-proof food storage boxes.
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As delta variant spreads, CDC is pressured to revise mask guidance

By Bloomberg on Jul 25, 2021 07:53 am
The CDC says the delta variant now makes up 83 percent of all sequenced COVID-19 cases in the U.S., up from 50 percent at the beginning of the month.
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Rick Bennett has fought in Maine’s biggest political battles since his State House return

By Caitlin Andrews on Jul 25, 2021 01:00 am
Rick Bennett’s trajectory this session has at times aligned him with Democrats and led him to actively defy his own party.
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